Pièce PWPFOCI035 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 35

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US UK-PWP01 PWPFOC001-PWPFOCI035

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Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 35

Date(s)

  • July–August 1981 (Création/Production)

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Pièce

Étendue matérielle et support

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

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Histoire archivistique

Part of IDAF’s political documentation archive, catalogued within the ‘Focus’ newsletter series.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

South African History Archive (SAHA)

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Portée et contenu

This issue documents the massive state security operation during anti-Republic Day protests, widespread student and labor detentions, guerilla actions by the ANC, and extensive trials under apartheid-era laws. Major topics include detentions of COSAS members, SAAWU and AZAPO activists, Robben Island releases, union suppression, and forced removals. It contains full trial listings, bans and restrictions, Namibia militarization, Kassinga anniversary, and a historical review of 20 years of repression since the Republic’s founding. The issue also exposes systemic use of torture, curfews, censorship, rape by soldiers, and the conscription system in Namibia.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.

Accroissements

No further accruals expected.

Mode de classement

Chronologically maintained within IDAF Focus series.

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Conditions d'accès

Open to the public and researchers.

Conditions de reproduction

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

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    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    OCR scanned newsletter; legible and complete.

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    Instrument de recherche téléversé

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    Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

    Originals held by the South African History Archives.

    Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

    Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

    Unités de description associées

    Issues 1–34, ANC raid reports, Kassinga and SWAPO files, Republic Day campaign documents, security legislation archives.

    Descriptions associées

    Note de publication

    Focus', Issue No. 35. International Defence and Aid Fund, July–August 1981.

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    Contains comprehensive documentation on youth detentions, guerilla trials, Namibia militarization, press restrictions, and long-term effects of apartheid repression.

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    ISADG-IDAF-Focus-35

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    IDAF-Archive

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition

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        Note de l'archiviste

        One of the most comprehensive issues in the series, offering detailed legal, social, and military analyses of repression in South Africa and Namibia in mid-1981.

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